Omaha daily bee., 1887-03-28
THE BUSY, BOOMING BLUFFS.
The New Shingles Appearing In All Parts
Of the City.
MORE PAVING AND GRADING.
Footlight Flashes Breaking Up a
Foul Nest-Squabble Over Pass.
ing Postal CIerks-A Sadly
Wrecked Girl.
Busy Builders.

small tenements of from four to eight
rooms been SO scarce as now. Yesterday
a lady entered the BEE Office and stated
that she had been house hunting for
three days; could not find six or seven
room house in the city and thought she
might learn of one by applying at a
newspaper Office. There is grand field
for tencments, that is houses that are
put together in good shape; those that
would rent at from S15 to $50 per month.
There is not a real estate Office in the
daily inquiries for desirable resi-
dences for small families. 1t
is true that several persons
are on the eve of building number of
houses, but there is room for many more.
Many II family is now occupying small
house and paying S15 to $50 for 1t when
they would pay S25 or $50 for house
that had y few of the modern convenien
fences and be more cOntented. There
are fo " ways to invest money where the
returns are so great rs in building resi-
dences to rent in Council Bluffs. Nice,
small dwellings in this city pay a large
interest on the investment and the build
ing of this class of houses will be the
means of compelling the owners of the
shells that rent for $50 to $50 per month
and that are ncs worth. as they stand in
many instances more than $500 to $500,
to put up more respectable and tenanta-
BILE houses. Monied men in the east who
can only get Il small percentage for their
money could make fortunes out of small
investments if put into desirable houses
in this city.
II wish / had the capital"
SAID a gentleman yesterday, Who
has just returned from the
me east, "I'd put up just such a row of
dwellings as saw in Washington. They
| are made of pressed brick, contain eight
rooms each. have bath rooms, hot and
| cold water, stationary ranges and heat
back yards. beautiful lawns, some fifteen
feet wide and parking: all this for SEQ
per month This row of houses is located
ON both sides of + street IN Washington,
and Is called Sherman Row These
houses cost only $2, 500 each. If we only
had row here block long and on one
side OF the street they could be rented for
from $50 to $35 per month and would
bring in large interest on the invest
ment. Such is what some enterprising
capitalist should erect in this city, and
he never would be sorry for the invest
| ment.
Nv
One cannot imagine the amount of
activity going on in building unless a
drive is taken around the city. The ma
jority of houses now gong up are OF
small nature, principally houses of three
to five rooms and ranging in cost from
$500 to 81 900. 1t is estimated by q gen
tleman who does great deal of riding
about the city, that at the present time
thoro aro at tho least calcu!atinn 200
houses of this class in course of erection
besides some twenty that will cost from
$500 to $4,000 each.
~
A gentleman having occasion to 60
toward the transfer on a business errand
yesterday went down one street and
came back on another. and during his
walk counted thirty-seven new houses in
course of erection.
BUILDING NOTES.
Samuel Pardoo is putting up 81 ,2O(
home.
John Hardin of Avenue c is putting
up a $500 house.
w. W. Dearborn has about completed
a &, 600 addition.
Frank Glass is erecting fine tenement
on Mynster street.
Henry Knepher is building a 1900
house on Avenue B.
G. H. G. Vogeler is building o $4,000
home on Avenue +.
PHI Wind, the carpenter, is putting
up five new houses.
Gus Bergman Is 10 erect $2, 900 house
on Oakland avenue.
Squire Biggs is putting on $500 addi
ten to his residence.
W. l. Gibbon is building $500 hous,
on North Eighth street.
, Ed Cook has started building his nev
home on Oakland avenue.
E. H. Sheafe is building q house OF
Pierce street; cost 800.
. John Ostrom is Investing 81 500 IN
house on Seventh street.
James Collins has put up o 81 900 resi-
dencs on West Fifth street.
o. A. Brawick is putting up 800
: house in Burns addition.
A. j. Rice is building $500 addition Il
! his Lincoln avenue house.
George s. Smith is building $500 bari
on his Mynster street property.
Robert Rain is building an addition {.
his home which will cost $500.
G. Rahwitz is building at No. 24O
Thirteenth street $4,000 House.
A. Langstrom is building an addition
: on his home, No. 527 Damon street.
w. j. Hancock is altering his barn
The improvements will cost $500 to $4O0
John Smith is putting An addition ont
his Mynster street property to cost $500
Three additions are being put onto
w. Squire's residence, also general re
, pairs.
. j. w. Peregoy is to build q residenc
this season on the lot bought by him o
Craig.
j. T. Hurley is putting up q, 500 res
idence on Broadway, near Sixteent
street.
Harvey Pace has plans completed 70
81 900 addition to his home on Mynste
street.
J.N. Brown, of Burnham, Tulleys
Co., will erect $4,000 home on Par
8 avenue.
8 u. w. Archer is to build fine residenc
t on Eighth street nearly opposite Fourt
: avenue.
Captain Williams will build a residenc
r on Sixth street, corner OF Washingto
avenue.
James Rasmussen is building an CSC
!; addition to his house, No. 1908 Elevent
Q avenue.
U. P. Wickham has Just accepted tn
/ Co. u tnh